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Kathua district to have 7 new J&K Bank branches: Dr Jitendra

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Jammu: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said that the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir will have new seven J&K Bank Branches approved by the authorities.

Taking to microblogging site, Jitendra said, “In response to the requirement list submitted by our Parliamentary office to Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Bank #JKB, Baldev Prakash for the locations at which there was a public demand for a bank branch, the following 7 branches have been approved for district #Kathua.”

“Similar new lot of JKB branches in the pipeline for other districts of Udhampur-Kathua-Doda Lok Sabha constituency,” the Union Minister wrote on Twitter.

As per the locations shared by the Minister, the new J&K Branches are coming up at Dhar Mahanpur, Hatt, Duggan, Lowang, Chakra, Budhi and Sheetal Nagar (Bhoond).

The netizens however, thanked the Union Minister, who is also the Member Parliament from Kathua-Udhampur-Doda Constituency, stating that the bank branches were very much required at the approved locations and will bring a sigh of relief to the people living around these belts.

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